Qio for Mac
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Driver (6)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
496 Qio System Installer and Uninstaller (OS X, macOS) 1.5.0Nov-29-2016
631 Sony SxS Memory Card Driver for macOS 10.14-macOS 12 3.1.0January 29, 2022
710 Sony SxS UDF Driver for macOS 2018-02-01
Operating System Requirements: macOS 10.11-10.13
Description: SxS UDF Driver software enables reading of MXF files recorded in UDF mode on SxS memory card. [Note: This driver is not sufficient to support the computer communicating with the device. You must also install the SxS Device Driver.] Installation of these drivers enables the Sonnet SF3 Series SxS PRO X Card Reader, SF3 Series SxS Pro Card Reader, SxS PRO X Thunderbolt 3 Single Slot Reader, Echo ExpressCard Thunderbolt Adapter, Qio, and Qio E3 to support UDF files. Download and install the latest UDF driver, and then restart your computer.
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macOS Mojave, Catalina & Big Sur:
The Sony UDF driver is not needed on macOS 10.14.6+. UDF support is built into newer versions of macOS.
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If you have 1.0.1 UDF driver
, first uninstall the existing Sony UDF driver manually by removing these files. In Terminal, type
sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/SxSLogicalUnitDriverExpress.kext
sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/SxSLogicalUnitDriverUS10.kext
sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/sxsudf_fs.kext
sudo rm -r System/Library/Filesystems/sxsudf.fs
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You can format SxS media as UDF in macOS using the Sony Memory Media Utility.
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Final Cut Pro X Users:
See this Apple Support Note.
 
725 USB 2.0 Over Thunderbolt Patch for Qio/Qio E3 1.1Jun-17-2013
1088 Sony SxS UDF Driver for Windows 2.4.02018-02-01
Operating System Requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 11
Description: SxS UDF Driver software enables reading of MXF files recorded in UDF mode on SxS memory card. [Note: This driver is not sufficient to support the computer communicating with the device. You must also install the SxS Device Driver.] Installation of these drivers enables the Sonnet SF3 Series SxS PRO X Card Reader, SF3 Series SxS Pro Card Reader, SxS PRO X Thunderbolt 3 Single Slot Reader, Echo ExpressCard Thunderbolt Adapter, Qio, and Qio E3. to support UDF files.
Download and install the latest UDF driver, and then restart your computer.

You can format SxS media as UDF in Windows using the Sony Memory Media Utility.
 
1176 Sony SxS Memory Card Driver for macOS 10.12-10.13, version 3.0.0Sep-19-2019
 
Firmware (2)
Manual (4)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
497 Qio Mac User's Guide [English]May-08-19
498 Qio Mac User's Guide [Japanese]May-08-19
File Name: qio_mac_ug-j.pdf
Document Version: UG-QIO-J-K-110514
File Size: 2.4 MB
Japanese user's guide for the Sonnet Qio Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports. This manual applies to QIO-E34 (Qio with the PCIe Bus Extender ExpressCard/34 adapter) and QIO-PCIE (Qio with the Bus Extender PCIe adapter card).
 
844 Qio, Qio CF4, Qio E3 Thunderbolt Interface Kit User's Guide [English]May-08-19
845 Qio, Qio CF4, Qio E3 Thunderbolt Interface Kit User's Guide [Japanese] May-08-19
File Name: qtb-ifk_ug-j.pdf
Document Version: UG-QTB-IFK-E-B-111014
File Size: 1.2 MB
Description: Japanese user's guide for the Thunderbolt interface kit for Sonnet's Qio, Qio CF4, and Qio E3 pro media readers.
 
 
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